Plural of bateau; multiple light, flat-bottomed boats used for river transportation.
French plural form of 'bateau,' maintaining the French morphology. Used in English texts describing historical river navigation and colonial trade routes.
The term 'bateaux' appears frequently in historical records about the French and Indian War and early American fur trading—entire fleets of these boats would convoy supplies up rivers like the Hudson and Ohio.
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